Weston Elwes

William Weston Elwes (1845-1901)[1] was an Anglican Archdeacon in India[2] in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.[3]

Elwes was born in Lexden and educated at Ipswich School. He graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge in 1867;[4] and was ordained in 1868.[5] After a curacy in Tunbridge Wells he went as a Chaplain to Madras. He served at Vizagapatam, Trichinopoly, Coimbatore and Ootacamund. He was Archdeacon of Madras from 1893 to 1900.[6]

He died on 22 May 1901: his son Frederick Fenn Elwes, was Principal of the Medical College, Madras.[7]

References

1. Obituary The Times (London, England), Monday, 24 June 1901; pg. 8; Issue 36489
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4. Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900, John Venn/John Archibald Venn > (10 volumes 1922 to 1953) Part II. 1752–1900 Vol. ii Chalmers – Fytche (1944) p418
5. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1898 p428: London, Horace Cox, 1898
6. "Elwes, William Weston". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 1895–1919 (February 2018 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 18 February 2018. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
7. Lieut.-Col. F. F. Elwes. The Times (London, England), Tuesday, 26 June 1962; pg. 14; Issue 55427